diatonic
English
adj
Definitions
- (music) Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major major or natural minor scales.
Etymology
Derived from French diatonique.
Origin
French
diatonique
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Cognates and derived terms
- diatonically English
- nondiatonic English
- pandiatonic English
- pandiatonicism English
- diaton French
- diatonique French
- diatoniquement French